If you're looking to play a few games in the classroom on rainy days, try this quick activity to get you started. Shrinking ship involves quick transitions, meeting up with the right amount of classmates, and movement around the...

This is the skeleton lesson of a cooperative challenge game. This lesson assumes the teacher is familiar with cooperative games. If you are familiar then you have probably already done an activity like this one.

Learners explore simple physics concepts such as push/pull, friction, and speed. In this physics/physical education lesson, students work in co-operative groups to "build" a spaceship out of scooters and folded mats. Teams experiment...

Fourth graders develop a schedule of fitness activities to meet the needs of a diverse group of people with a wide range of ages, physical abilities, and fitness levels. An instructional manager be assigned to each station to lead the...

Students throw balls using correct overhand technique in a dynamic setting.

  As the class moves through the 'Titanic', they are exposed to the various nautical terms: port, bow, stern, starboard, crow's nest. They practice locomotor skills such as: skip, hop, leap, jump, slide, and crab walk, when the...

Young scholars use the skills of fleeing and dodging in order to avoid being tagged. They begin standing on the ships (mats). One student, the shark, wears a pinney. At the signal from the teacher of "Sailors swim", the sailors scatter...

Learners (pirates) sit on a scooter (pirate ship). Two students are called 'Crackens' sit on their own ships. Crackens use a swim noodle (tentacle) to gently tag the pirates. Learners began the game with the ROAR of the Cracken and they...

Learners explore the conditions faced while sailing on the ocean regarding health and physical fitness. They experience the importance of Vitamin C. Students analyze the cause of many diseases and sicknesses on the ships.

Pirate ball is much like the game of capture the flag. Each team has a vault area that contains a treasure chest. There is a dungeon where captured enemy pirates are detained. In this game of pirate ball there are four teams competing to...

Create a spider web between two poles and have your class get from one side of the web to the other without touching the web. There are four different suggested levels of play. The rules of each level guide how the players need to get...

Just in time for the start of the Winter 2018 Olympics, you can track the Olympic torch relay through the Republic of Korea. But there must be some math involved, right? Give learners a worksheet that prompts them to calculate the...

Learners participate in a "Pirates of the Caribbean" tag game to demonstrate scooter skills and safety techniques. Students identify and discuss scooter safety rules, then play a tag game with each student (pirate) on a scooter, with...

Students practice using a mask, snorkel, and fins to collect items from the bottom of a pool.

Students engage in this lively game that helps them develop communication/cooperation skills and strategy development.

Learners enjoy a day of fun movement activities.

Learners review key locomotor skills and the rules of the spaceship commander tag. They choose 3 students to be Space Commanders and the rest of the learners are aliens. The game is played using different locomotor movements

Students investigate the effects of air pressure on humans by utilizing the Internet.  In this physical science instructional activity, students research the Internet to discover altitude sickness and air pressure.  Students...

Students practice controlling their motion and reflexes by participating in different motor skill activities.  In this physical education lesson, students utilize bean bags and hula hoops to help create flexibility and coordination...

In this natural environment worksheet, students cut out ways litter affects the beach environment. Students draw pictures in the boxes to match. Students then draw their favorite beach activity and list the things they can do at the beach.

Students participate in movement activities while completing "pirate" stations. They rotate through the activities every 6-7 minutes. They complete activities such as "Walk the Plank, Gone Fishin', Cannon Blast, and Swab the Deck."

Learners use arm muscle strength to perform a partner activity. In this strength building activity, students work with a partner to create a "boat" with mats and a scooter. Partners take turns being pulled or pulling the scooter boat.

Become an engineer for a day and discover the best way to keep from rocking the boat in this engineering science fair project. When a ship rocks back and forth, it can make people seasick, but also it makes it dangerous for jets to land...

Have you ever wondered how a ship made of steel can float? In this project you'll investigate how much weight boat hulls of various shapes and sizes can support without sinking.